greatest hits: the top-50 stories

A WAY TO GARDEN TURNS 3 IN MARCH 2011, old enough to have a “greatest hits” list. And here it is: the top-50 stories of all time, based on what YOU clicked on most. Enjoy! (If this list isn’t enough, Margaret’s Madcap List of Her 21 Favorites awaits you afterward.)

  1. Dan Koshansky’s Refrigerator Pickles
  2. Hot Plant: Stewartia, an Ideal Small Tree
  3. Growing a Better Tomato: Seed to Harvest
  4. The Toughest Groundcovers I Rely On
  5. Think Fall, Yes Fall (Viburnums)

  6. Everything Old Is New: Green Posters from WPA
  7. Beloved Conifers: Weeping Alaska Cedar
  8. 10 Thoughts on Successful Underplanting
  9. From the Forums: Pruning Viburnums
  10. Complaint Dept. is Open: No More ‘No Nos‘
  11. Pruning Lilacs
  12. Growing and Storing a Year of Parsley
  13. Tips for Growing Better Tomatoes from Seed
  14. Just Saying No To Deer, with Fencing
  15. Garden Open Day Today: A Mini Virtual Tour
  16. Clafoutis Batter: Universal Solvent of Fruit Dessert
  17. 5 Small Trees You Can Make Room For
  18. Great Shrubs: A Roundup of Some Favorites
  19. Cardboard as Mulch
  20. Books: Cheap But Priceless
  21. Composting Basics
  22. Putting a Fine Edge on Things
  23. The 2009 Garden in Pictures: A Slideshow
  24. Brrrr! Overwintering Tips for Tender Plants
  25. Fall Planting: 21 Powerhouse Perennials I’d Order
  26. Pruning Pared Way Down
  27. 2010 Resolution: A No Work Garden
  28. Begonia of the Week: ‘Dragon Wing’ Red
  29. A Glossary of Favorite Lilacs
  30. Making Quick Tomato Sauce, Ever So Slowly
  31. Here, Finally, Come the Hellebores
  32. Seed Starting Basics
  33. Beloved Conifer: Japanese Umbrella Pine
  34. An Update on Underplanting Trees and Shrubs
  35. Voila! My First Orchid Reblooms
  36. Pruning Roundup: What Shrubs I Prune When
  37. Some Favorite Clematis
  38. Great Shrub: Physocarpus Opulifolius
  39. Waiting, Waiting for a Ripe Tomato
  40. A Plant I’d Order: Hakonechloa ‘All Gold’
  41. Blooming This Week: Species Peonies
  42. The Best Hydrangeas Aren’t Blue
  43. Slideshow: Think Fall, Yes Fall (Part 2)
  44. What Weed Is It? Putting Names to Pesky Plants
  45. Lilac Pruning and Perfuming
  46. A Favorite Poem to Mark Passings In the Garden
  47. Take a Walk with Me
  48. Taking a Long Look at Lespedeza Thunbergii
  49. Pesto-Fest! (Garlicky Green Ice Cubes)
  50. Slideshow: 8 Favorite Garden Ephemerals

Want more? Margaret’s List of Her 21 Madcap Favorites is here.

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